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      Lo . vdos . —Gclb Bextees' Ash ? , Soxebs' Tottk . —> Jr . D- > 7 ? : ir-j - ^ lil kcture here on Sunday evening . Caep . xtsbs' Amu , Bbick-lase . —Mr . lliing"svorth vn ~ d lecture here on Sunday eTening . Hrr oa 3 Ji ? s , Globs Fields . —Mr . Anderson "will lecture here on Sunday evening . Cannos CoPFEE-HorsE , Old-street . —Mr . Ferguson Tnll lecMire here on Sunday evening . Star Coffee-House , Goldex-Lanb . —Mr . Huffy Sidley will lecture here oa Sunday e ? ening . _ ClOCK-Hoi : SS , Ca 5 TI . E-3 tKEET , IiEICSSTi-Ti S <> VAXE . —ilr . Farxarwili lecture here on Su .. .. j ^ ecdug ECSt . Three Csowx 53 Richhoxd-Sthjsst . —Hr . Sew ell ^ rill lcctu ro hvre on Sandav eTening . .

      Csows Coffes-Hocse , Beae-st . —Mr . Wheeler mil lecture her-2 ou Sunday evening . - - Albios Coffee-Bocse , SeorsditcHj—Mr . Balls "will lecture ou Sunday evening . Buck ' s Head , Bethsall Geees . —Mr . Dofieid "will iecrure here on Sunday evening . Sug . vs Loaf , Cht ; ech-St . " Mils End , New Totvs . —Mr . Fussdl will lecture on Sunday evening . Iloss asd Ce . owx , Ci ^ isHETVELL . —Hr . Wheeler vrill lectore here on Monday evening . Stag lavrR-f , Fclhaji Road . —Mr . Ridley will lecture here t > n . Monday evening . 55 , Old Bailet . —Mr . Martin will kcture here on Tuesdsj evening .

      Me . Faeher Vvi 1 ! If ciure , on Tuesday evening , at the School-room , Kiu-i-siree :, CkrkenwelL . ilu . MaTvT : s Triil lecture , on Monday-evening , at the JTeairers' Tavern , Warrea-smes . Me . > . " aiitis vrill L-ciure at the Victoria , 3 , Colt-£ tre ; r Li ^ ebcass , on Wednesday evening . Caxbertvjxx .. — - 'Mr . Larkins , of Walworth , ttHI address ; he raccbers of this loc-ality on Monday evening next . Xx 1 , China Walk , Iahi , eiil—Mr . Rufiy Kdk-y vriil Icctwe in aid of the funus-of the Charter Hall , en Tneiday evening next , at eight o ' clock , -on the Drama , its ur . p-jrtarse and utility as a school of "iiriue in the hsucs of a good government .

      A Lectcse witi oe delivered at the above place , on Snndav , July the 10 : h , at eight o'clock in the evening . 3 ssn ^> -D ~ zy . —A special general meeting will tske place at the Horns , Crccinx-lan ? , Bermondsey , on Mouday ntst , at eigk ; o * elock , to S'l up the vacancies iuthe Council , made by those "who have left-the lo-jaJ : fy , ssd other important business . A meeting will be he ? : c- ] d s : L-cTrer-Mitc-. sn :, en Scnday ni ^ ht , at fcu ~ o ' clock , and reveral members of the Surrey Council rrill aUeni . PixsbuisY . —Tis Chartists of this locality are particularly r ^ quei-rcd loatiendatthe Aylesbury Coffeehouse , oa 2-Ionday evening next .

      Halifax . —A delegate meeting of t £ : s district will h ? held a ; Upper Warhy , en Sunday nexu to commence a- : ~ o o ' clock in th 6 afternoon . Delegates from each locality axe particularly requested to attend , as business of importaBce has -to be laid before ihem . Snios-is-AsHTiELD . —A public meeting vrill bs hela i : » rh Chartist Trading room ; at half-past six , on Monday evening next , to ascertain how we can best shiw our Tespect to thai Tiuflitiching advosate of the working clause ? , Feargus O'Connor , Esq .

      " Waxsall ——A deiesate re eeting vriil be held in the WilrsH Association Room , Blue-lane , on Sunday sfiercoon nexi , at three o'clock precisely . Delegates i / oni the folicsv : r !^ places ara requested . to attend , as tV . ere is business of importance to b = tra : j ? scred : —13 : l ? ion . W ; i ? 2 ll . "Wedceibury , Dirleston , Tifton , Dadley , C ^ s-by , Biraingham , and Wt-1-Terhisrton . Ma ^ sfj hld . —A Chartist meeiing will b 3 held In the Association Hoom , Union-street , en Monday nig ^ t , at half-pass seven o ' clock , fsr tLe purpose of nominauue mtabcrs for the General Couoeil and other impc-r : an& business . On Tuesday ci ^ ht the demonsrraticn cemxnittes wHJ meet a : the sams loora to receive the subscription in aid of thed ? mon-£ tratir , n fnci in honour of F . O'Connor who Trill Tisit ibis district on the 23 : h of Julv .

      Mil . ^ Iead ' s HorTE . —On Sunday and Monday , at Ss-iton-in-Ashiirf'i ; Tuesday , at Hucfcnall-under-HnchTraite ; Wt-Oncsday , at Kirkby Woodhouse ; Saturday , m Nevv Len- ' on . SvxDZRLXSD . —Qa Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , Mx .. " Wi : l ani 3 vrill lecture on the Tom Moor , on persecutir-n . A'ter Trhica a collection -sriil bo made for Ma-rcaV defence . Oa Sunday , the 17 : h iasiant , at two o ' clock in ihs afternoon , Mr . Williams -svili Fpeik at no same placs , on the death of Hciberry , after winch a collection will be made for the vfidow and f&iD'ly of the ClnrtUt martyr . Hozl . it : gv . - ? zi 7 V . —Mr . Cooper ,-of jla !» chert-er , vrill lecture- here on Sunday afternoon , zi half-past two .

      Socra SnirLE-s . —Mr . J . Williams , of Sundcrland , yrlli preach a fuieral sermon for the lito Samuel Holberry , on the Bents , South Shields , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afteraoojj when a collection iriH te xsa . Cs for the widow . T . HCH 5 TOM . ASD . —A licture will b-3 delivered at Thurstonland , oa Sunday , ( to-morrow ) by Edvrard Clayton . Chair to be taien at sis o ' clock . Discussion inviteed . Hcddsksfikxd . —The district delegate meeting of ihe Gsr-ercj Councillor ? vriH be held in the honsa ' Mr . Joseph Bray , "Upperhead-rovr . Chair to be taken a ; one o ' clock . Icepxos , Kissheato >' , and Dalto . n , are requested to hand in the Petition Sheets whiea they have .

      iNEtr Leeds , Bbadfobd . —Jame 3 Dewhursfc will deliver his farewell lecture to the Cisrtists of iS s ^ - Ijeeds and its neighbourhood , on Sunday , July 10 ; b , in the Cnarnsi meeting room . Detvsbcst . —A district council meeting will bs i . eld at the house of Mr . Charles Brook , Littletown , on Sunday , the ITih of July , at two o'clock in the afternoon . ' ' NoiEKGHAM . —Mr . Clarke , from Stockport , -will preach ttvice oa our Forest , next Sunday , at the I nsual time , and on 31 onday evening ensuing , at eight j o ' clock , in tie democratic chapel , ] j

      Oldhasl— On Sunday next Mr . Brophy -will ' lecture in the Chartist room , Greaves-streer ,-at six ¦ o ' clock in the evening . \ Hcllisg-wood . —Mr . Henry Smethurst , of Oldhazn , j will lecture m the Ralph Green Chartist room , on j Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock * Mr . Campbell , the Gen- Sec , will lectere in ) Xynii Be ^ . on Tuesday , July I 9 ; h ; ia Wisbeach on Wednesday , ths 20 th ; ia Norwich , Thursday and i Tr idsy , the 21 s-. and 22 ad ; in Hailtstoa on San- \ day , 24 h ; in Ipswich on Monday 2 oih ; in Bury : Si . Edmunds , Tuesday 26 th ; in Cambridge , Wednesday , 27 th : and in Roystonj Thursday , 28 : h ofi July . ;

      Mr . William Beseow will lecture at iho Working il-a ' s Hail , No . 5 , Circus-street , J ^ ewroad ; Msrykbone en nest , Sunday evening , at haif-p 33 t seven o'clock . _ Ei . stASD Xoeth Hibisg . —jIt . Dsan Taylor will visit tie fcllowinc places duricg nest ¦ weck , ' Earaeiy ilecday , July llih , at Doncast « r ; Wednesday at I / eeds ; Thursday at Selby ; Friday at Howden ; S » tcrday _ at York . Mr . Wheeleb will lecturs next Moaday evening aitkeHose and Crown , Walworth Hoad , chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . A public meeting will be held Hi the above house on ^ Monday evening , the 18 . h ii ) Et ., to eleci a delegate to the London District Ccuue . il .

      The Cbabtists q ? Wistmissxeb are earnestly requested . to attend at the Charter Cofise house , Stretton-GrcTiud , on Wednesday evsuing , on basiiiess of ucportance . Bcsr . —Mr . Jonathan Bairstow , a rcomber of the Execu-ive . vrlll deliver s lecture in the Gardes-Elrest lecture rocm , on Monday evening at eight o ' clock . BrEHU-CKAH . — -The Council of the Cordwaincrs ' Charier Association , respectfully invite tr e aitc-n tion of ali the operatives connected with the above branch ana rao are friendly xo ihe People's Owner , to-atitsd a mze . hig , which will be held at Mrs . ^ Marsbjsii ^ i cf the JBritasnia , Peck-lane-at seven o ' clock on Tuesdzj evening nexx , to take ' into confideratics buslaess of importance . Beadfo ^ d . —A Chartist Camp-meeting 1 ? rlll be held t-n Yeacon-Eoor , on Sunday next , at ivro o ' clock ,, f r in an eut-baildin £ Ohould the weather prove unfavourable ) which a farmer kindly offered at . the last -mc-eilng . Mr . Alderson and o £ h " er 3 from Bradford will attend . itR . R'isf-s sort . —Monday , Derby ; Tuesday , Chesterfield ; "Wednesday , Heanor ; Thursday , Ilkinston ; Friday , Breastcn ; and on Saturday , at Bowerash . - Derby . —Mr . Thciaasen , from the Yale of Leven , will preach & faneral sermon for Holberry , in the Market-place , to-morrow ( Sunday ) morning .

      Djjebt . —A pubnc meeting will be held in the Market-place , on Monday nest , to adopt the memorial to her Majesty ,- and protest to the House of Commoss . Chair to be takea at h&lf-pasS seven . Mr . West , Chartist lectarer , and Mi . Thomason will afikJree&Q meeting . ^ ItwmjAji . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , there will oeatca ^ peeting at Lobden , near Whitworth ; to © ommeHOB aMwe o'clock . Mr . Lane of Manchester , ¦ mil addrae ^ is meeting . BiacKsrtKB ^ EDGB . —On SuEday , the 17 th inst&Bt , & camp mee ^ ng will be held on Biackstone-Ecge , to commenee at two o ' clock precisely ; Mr . Bairstow , an *? ^ othsr talented speakers will address the pwple . .

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      Ma > CBLESTEB . —Theltsv . J . ScholeSeld will pre ach ' ] the funeral BermOH of Samuel Holberry , in . his chapel yard , Eyery-3 ttett , Msinchester , on Monday evening , July I 8 ih . One penny will be cbatrged for . adci : S 5 ion towards defraying the expences of the moEument . SorrH Laxcashise . —Mr . Bell's route . —Monday , July 11 th , at Hallashaw-moor ; Tuesday , Tarton ; Wednesday , Shaw ; Thursday , Denton j Friday , Leveus-hulm ? Sunday , Miles-Platting ; Monday , lB . h inst ., Tyldesley Banks ; Tuesday , Lane-head , Lowton ; Wednesday , Ashton-le-Willows ; Thurgcay , Wigan ; and on Friday at Blacknod . Mr . Bell mo ' st respectfully calls attention to the General Council in those places where the association ^ ia formed , H < "he necessity that exists of their making his v sits u-: iown amongst the inhabitants of the adjactiii villages , where there are no members enrolled , so that they may be apprized of the time when he may be expected .

      Blidtvoeth . —Mr . George Morrison , of Calverton , will lecture here on Sunday morning at ten o'clock . Walsall . —The members are requssted to meet on Sunday morning nest , in their room , Bluelane . Ludde . \ de \ . ——Mr . Benjamin Basbton , of Oven den , will preach a sermon on Sunday , at five o ' clock in the evening . After the eermon a public meeting will be held in the Chartist room , when Messrs . "William Wallace , Joseph Greenwood , and others , will address the meeting .

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      The service companies of the C 7 th regiment aro urdtT orucrs to return home from Canada . The 55 th regiment from Canada , and the 69-h and 7 ' 3 th reaiments from Mova Scotia , will be home in a few weeks ; the former , the 56 th , from Quebec , may be expected to arrive at Cove in the Resistance troopshipj in the course of a few days .

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      DEMONSTRATION AND PROCESSION , OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF SAMUEL HOLBERRY , Nothing has so much tended to arouse the feelings and sympathies of the people of this town for the last year as the premature death of honest Holberry . As soon as the news of hi 3 death was received through Mr . G . J . Harney , on Thursday last , Mr . White immediately repaired to tie Councu

      iuee' . b ' er , and laid the ciicmn ^ tinces before them , v ? hen it w ' j . 3 unanimcubly resolved that large bills should be posred , announcing the fact , aud calling a meetiDt ' . at Duddeston-row , for tho purpose ot raem f'r :. iLzinjt the House of Commons , to institute aa inquiry into the conduct of Sir James Graham with regard to tho death of Samuel Holberry , as i ; vras uuacrstcoi that the state of his health was made knows to her Majesty ' s Secretary of State ia sufiLisut time to have enabled that functionary to have saved bis life , if . he thought proper .

      ¦ j A large and commodious hustings was erected for the occasion , waich was surmounted by a black ; flag , painted by Mr . J . Barratt , on which was inscribed " Samuel Holberry , died at York Castle , on Tuesday , Juae 21 st . Shall we have justice I " And , notwithstanding the efforts of the police to | deface the bills , which are admitted to be . the i largest and most striking of any ever published by ths Charus ' . s of Birmingham , the meeting was a j bumpsr . The bills were Eurrouuded with a large ; black border , and upwards of two yards in length . ] At the time appointed an immense concourse of I people were congregated together , and at a quarter past sis o ' clock , Mr . Peter Henley was unani'; mousjj called to the chair . He was aboat address-; ing the meeting -when a large Hag , surmounted by i a cap of liberty , was brought on the ground , which : was immediately hoisted on the hustings .

      The Chairman then said—He felt that he need not call on them to keep order , as he found the Chartist body , on all occasions , preserve ordtr and regularity in ail their transactions . And as to keeping the peace , he haptd that each man would consider himself a 3 a peace officer on the present occasion ( hear , hear . ) They would see by theplacards which had been posted , the immense responsibility attached to tha cfflco which he held , and he therefore asked for their support in fulfilling its duties . They would perceive that they were met to take into consideration the conduct of one of the first officers of State . He would at once introduce Mr . John Mason , to move the first jtsniution ( i « ud cheers- )

      Mr . MaSON then pr . sented himself and was received with load cheers . He said—Working men of BirEucgham , when he siood forward on tho presenc sccarion , to fcive his opinion regarding the death o : Samuel Iloiberry , he n : n ; t say that a more xoble or ganerous man never lived , or a more sincere friend of democracy . He was a man worthy of the nob' . e causa in which they were engaged , aud was an honour to humanity . Yet whn all his gi > od qualities ho fell a victim to the cruel i-ystem of misgoverinnent which existed in this country ; and what befel him might cqutliy happen to ev < . ry advocate of the people ' s rights if some cuurse was no ; adopied to abolish ihe power which c : Uied it . Holberry ' s life was in the keeping of the Government , and it was their duty to hold

      communication with the surgeon . If the law meant to murder him , why not drag him to the scaffold , instead of killing him by glow degrees . It was time ihe working men looked to their condition , when they found their fellows liablo to be deprived of life . Wiien did they hear of a rich mau Juelug confined , or placed in a dungeon 1 Never ; they contrived all those things for the sole use of the woxbng men —( hear , bear . ) The SoJons of the House cf Commons said that poverty was the source of crioe ; bat he would add that bad Government was the cause of poverty . He then vrent on to shew ¦ the cruelty experienced by the Chartist prisoners , instausiug the cases of Clayton , Duffy , Peddie , ana others ; and said that if . such was the course tiie Gorenuceut meant to pursue—if such was the treatment the Chartists were to receive—if they were to be imprisoned , cut off from every source of comfort , aud siiiitaifcly nusrdtred , it would su ^ gc > t to ihea the propriety of altering thejr mode of extending their vitsvs , and instead of going on in the peaceful manner they had done , they would be forced xo try other means—( icud cheering . ) They m : j £ ht call tLai tedkioa ; but he won ] d not give them any illegal advice . He would have them obey the law , and not destroy their chance of getting freedom by any rash acL if r , M&eoa then alluded to the cruelty of the prison regulations , in refusing Mrs . Holberry an ¦ interview with her husband , and after . stating the situation in which he was placed with regard to the authorities of Staffordshire , and the trial which he was absnt to undergo , he concluded by moving the following resolution , -and retired amidst loud cheers ;—

      " That in the opinion & £ this meeting tha death of Samuel Holberry , of Sheffield , who was tried at York Spring Assizes , and eenteuced to four year * ' imprisonment in Nor&aHenQB House of Correction , calls for investigation , as her Majesty's Secretary of State waa fully apprised of the state of his health previous to Mb death , and as be i * the responsibl « officer between the people and the Crows , "we therefore demand an investigation into his eonduct , and hereby refolve to present a memorial to tbe House cf Commons on the subject "

      Mr . Smith Lindos seconded the resolution and said that if ever there was a lime when It was necessary for the peopla to exert themselves , it was the present ; and , if there was any feeling of justice or self-respect remaining amongst the working cissses , now was the time to exhibit it . The life of an individual was taken for

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      seeking that which God and nature intended all men to enjoy . Holberxy ' s life had been tafcen , although his sentence was imprisonment ! and the crime of which he was convicted was that vague and undefinable one of " sedition . " What was sedition \ If a few men met together , to converse on their private business , it was converted into sedition ; in fact , the worning men could not meet together on any subject , but the guilty consciences of the rich smote them , for they knew that the working men were ill treated . Mr . Lindon then proceeded at great length to draw a parallel between the treatment of great thieves , and those of a more diminutive ckss . and after bri ng ing Holberry ' s case forward as a specimen of English justice , and comparing the

      sentence of Francis who shot at the Queen ' s caTriase with that of men who were guilty of the moBt atrocious crimes , he concluded by seconding the resolution . Mr . T . S . Macintosh supported the resolution and was received with loud cheers . He addressed the meeting as friends and fellow men , and said it wa 9 at all times a painful thing to contempla'o the death of a fellow creature , even under ordinary circumstances , aud when a man ' s life was taken for the commission of a crime , still they sympathised with the individual , and if such was their feelings on . such occasions , how much more should they feel for a noble-minded man , such as he understood Mr . Holberry to have been . He was a man who bad sacrificed every thing for the people , and it appeared to him that his wish was to benefit

      his fellow creatuTes . But whilst he addressed them on the present melancholy subject he would at the same time endeavour to teach them something . Ho wished that hig voice was sufficiently strong to extend to tha utmost limits of that large meeting , whilst he endeavoured to shew them where the real power of the oppressor rested . They would remember thai a mau was about to be executed for the murder of Daly the policeman . Daly ' s widow would be provided for by the authorities ; the people might thus seo that the object of th ir rulers was , to give pof ? er and confidence to their subordinates by providing for them in cases of emergency , not because they liked them or had any peculiar tenderness or good feeling towards them , for they

      despised them , but they knew them to be necessary for the purpose of upholding their unjust authority . He wonld , therefore , impress upon them the necessity of taking a lesson from their enemies , for if they did not stand firmly by those who were victimised in their caiiBO they would find it vanish like smoke . He came forward to support the resolution , because ho felt that the death of Samuel Holberry was a disgrace - 'to . ' the couutry : and thas it was the duty of every man to lift up his vo-co against such cruelty as that which led to his death ; and although he was not connected with the Chartist body yet he sympathised with them , and cou'd call the death of Holberry' nothing short of murder , altbouuh ho was not preparedto say whether it was wilful or uot . It was a cowardly

      and illegal transaction , for as soon as tho sur « eon certified the dangerous state of Holberry ' s health , he should have been immediately liberated . Mr . Macintosh then addressed himself to these vrho might be opposed to the Chartist principles , and warned them against trespassing too much upon their patience , as the mif ; ht play too dangerous a game , which might lead to awful consequences . In cn . a sense , the death of poor . Holbarry was nothing uncommon , for there had always been martyrs to every good cause ; and if the Government of this country were to sacrifice a number of those who were seeking justice , they would arouse the spirit of Englishmen , and lead on to the speedy establishment of tho People ' s Charter . He cordially supported tho resolution . Mr . Mackintosh then retired amidst loud

      cheers . The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . George White then presented himself to propose the memorial . He said that he never felt so affected oa any subject as the present , for ht had knowH poor Holberry , and slept in the samo cell with him in York Castle , and a kinder or more generous and noble-minded man never existed . He coald thereforo truly state tbat he came forward to address them with a sorrowing heart . Mr . White then proceeded at great length to describe the manner in which himself and the othex Chartist prisoners had been treated in prison , and spoke in

      strong terms on the death of poor Holberry . He exhorted the working men present to unite for the purpose of destroying the infamous system which deprived the honestest men of their lives whilst it upheld villainy ; and after showing up the various tricks and subterfuges of tho people ' s enemies , in the shape of Anti-Corn Law and Complete Suffrage Associations , he called on them to form a procession through the town , to show their enemies that their spirits were unbroken , and that pure and undefi ? ci Chartism should be predominant in Birmingham , in defiance of the sophistry of political pedlers or sham Radicals . Mr . White concluded by reading the following memorial : —

      To the Honourable the Commons of Great Biitaln and Ireland in Parliament assssmbled . The Memorial of the uudereigncd inhabitants of Birmingham Sheweth , —That your memorialists have heard ¦ wi th deep and poignant feelings of regret of the death ot Mr . Samuel Holberry , of Sheffield , in one of her Majesty ' s gaols , kno ' wn under the name of " York Castle . " That the said Samuel Holberry was tried at York

      Spring ass : z ? s , 1840 , for sedition and conspiracy , and sentenced to four year ' s imprisonment in Norkhallerton House of Correction , ¦ where the severity of the " sileat syatem , " insufficient diet , and other descriptions of brutality , were such as to cause the death of Mr . Clayton , and caused ths release of Mr . James Duffy , at the point of death , and also induced the Home Secretary to remove Wm . Martin , after ten months torture , Pcnthorpe and others crippled for life , and Samuel Hoiberry aft er suffering nearly two years of the same inhuman treatment .

      That Beveral applications have been made to the Maiquis of Normanby , the former , and Sir James Graham , the present Secretary of State for the Homo Department , and that the surgeon of York Castlo baa represented to Sir James Graham the absolute necessity of advising her Majesty to liberate the said Samuel Holberry as the only means of saving his life . That in tho opinion cf your memorialists the course pursued by her Majesty's Government , calls aloud for the interference of your Honourable House who ought to be held responsible for the life and health of those who are . confined in prisons which are tinder their controul , and as so many persons have either expired or been maimed for life under the inhuman torture of

      those dens of infamy , it appears to your memorialists that . your Honourable House should institute an investigation into the conduct of Sir James Graham , with a view of ascertaining . whether her Majesty ' s Secretary of St ate shall hare the power entrusted to him of taking the Ufa of any xnan vrho may dissent from the political opinions of the ruling powers . Ycur memorialists have also learnedj with regret , that similar cruelties are practised in Wakefleld and Beverley Houses of Correction , and trust that such steps will be tafeen as the wisdom of your Honourable Houea may suggest to prevent the recurrence of such revo l ting inhumnnity ; and that the parties who are now impri-Boned for political offences may be forthwith released , lest they also fall victims to the silent system .

      Your memorialists therefore pray ycur Honourable House to cause the whole of the circumstances connected -with the death of Ciajton ai ; d Holberry to be investigated ; and trust that the remaining political prisoners , some of whom have been nearly two years and a half incarcerated hi those ¦ worse than French Bastiles , may be forth ^ with liberated . We also trust that due provision ¦ will be made for the widows of the above-named victims of cruelty ; and your Hcnonrable Houss ¦ will in so doing prove to the -country .. that-, there is still a particle of humanity rsmaining amongst your Hon . Members . But if this our heartfelt and sincere application for justice should be refused , we shall be compelled to come to the conclusion that there is nothing to hope for from the Legislature of this country , and that the lives of the industrious inhabitants of England aro at the disposal of her Majesty ' s Secretary nf Statfi .

      Hoping that ycur Honourable Housa vttil give tha above application that consideration which the Importance of the subject demands , a ^ d grant the prayer of this memorial , Your memorialists will ever pray . Mr . Soak spoke as follows—Fellow countrymen , you have all heard ^ with sorrow and the stern indignation of honest minds , the record of another death added to the crowded human list of class tyranny ; Now I would ask , is there a man standing here , who believes that God the author of his existence , considers him as a waster , or one too many on the world ' s surface . ? To this question I feel assured , that a religious and indigDant answer of no , would thrill like an electric shook through this meotinsj . Well

      then my friends , if you be not intruders on the earth ' s sphere , you are all entitled to equal rights . Now because this bold-fronted and virtuous citizsn , maintained aud contended for this righteous Godborn principle ; the present disease and crime engendering system of legislation grasped hold of him , with the black hand of Its ruffian power , and left him to die a lingering death in a gloomy dudgeon , surrounded by the vile , mean , and merciless instruments of its tsraany . Where are the" free traders " now ? . why are they not here ! these morbid gentlemen that whine and weep ^ nd wonder that menshould be so cowardly debased , as tamely , and

      onlygrutnblingly , to eat dead cows , dead dogs , and offal ; yet when a fin"' &Q < j patriotic fellow has the moral courage and i ^ anliness of mind to resist the system which produce . " these horror , and breeds crime as fast and numerv ™ as insects in a stagnant pond , they allow him t ' -o be murdered , and not a single resentful epithet es "lapeB their lips against the nrarderers . But they rusher cat their diuuerB with & relishing tsai , saying grace vrith a round of d——3 agaiDSt all Chartists , " who mean doing the thing completely , without anya dmixture ofWhtecozenage , delusion , or trickery . No w , my friends , I take this opportanity of guarding ^ ou ag&iPJi these char-

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      latans , who are jUSt now drivelling , snivelling , and moralising , edging round the boundary line of Chartist principles , I iyould have you remember that although this heroic fellow , Holberry , has died in prison , there are such things occur as then dying of starvation out of one ; and such may be the fate of many of you , unless by your united exertions , as brothers of the association , you obtain the Ghaf ter ^ and put it beyond the bounds of probability that any such horrible fate should ever arrive in this Christian . country . . ' ; ¦ : " .. ¦/ •' ¦> ' ' .:. ¦ ¦ : V-- / - : . "¦' - ' " ' ¦'¦ . " "V ¦¦ . ' ¦¦¦ "• ' y ¦ ¦ . . "¦' .: The Chatemam then put the memorial , which waa carried unanimously . Mr . Wilspokd

      proposed'' That the memorial then read besigned by the Chairman , on behalf of the meeting , and entrusted to Thomas Dunobmbe , Esq ., for presentation to the House of Gommpns , and that Messrs . Muntz and Scholefield be requested to support the eamo . " i Mr . Fellows seconded the resolution in an appropriate and efFective speeph , afier which the motion was put and carried unanimously . . A vote of thanks was given the Chairman , for his able and patriotic services on that and previous occasions , and after hearing the Chairman ' s response , the fliJgs were immediately taken from the hustings , for the purpose of forming THE PROPESSION . . : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; - ; ¦ ' : ' l . y ; '' '¦ .. r ¦ : . - . . , '

      As soon as the black flag was placed on the centre of the rpadj opposite the Liverpool station , the working men commenced forming in a quiet and orderly manner , six a-breast . and proceeded through the principal streets of the town in solemn silence , and halted at the National Charter Association Room . Aston-streetj where they were addressed by Air . White , who declared his determination of organizing every working man who really desired liberty , and told them that ho should meet them again at Dnddeston-row on the following Monday evening . ' ' '• ¦" '¦¦ ' , ; ' . ' -. - ' . ' ' - ¦ , ¦ ; .. ¦' . . ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ . ¦¦

      Tha multitiide then separated in a poaceful and orderly manner ; and thus ended a most important and numerous meeu ' ng , which was well conducted throughout , and evinced the lovp Which the men of Birmingham have for sound democracy , and their determination to have justice for the death of Samuel Holberry .

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      eluded a Bplendid speeoli , amidat « reat cheering , by oal'ing on all to be united , and to persevere until success crowned their efforts . ; M > . Joseph Jon es ; in . a few remarka on the state of the hand-loom weavers , ^ seconded theresolution ^ Mr . T . B . Smith , on rising to support the resolution , expressed his great satisfaction at meeting so numerous an assembly of his fellow-townsmen on so important ah occasion . He had not been informed of the nature of the resolutibn on which be was called upOn to speak , and had only heard it read once ^ bo that he was not able to retain it all jn his head ; he believed , however , that eyery ^ principle it contained waa rooted ia his heart , and that was the best place —( cheers . ) Having had the honour to

      move the adoption of the National Petition in Leeds , he naturally looked with some considerable interest to the manner in whioh it would be received , and be had not been disappointed ; indeed , nothing good could come out Of ' . soph a place . The House was called the House of Commons , but he ( Mr . Smith ) thought it should be called the House of Unoommons- ^ ( laughter)—for they certainly were the most uncommon set of fellows in existence , having , according to their own account , obtained their seats in a majivrity of . oases by means of the moat unblushing bribery and corruption . They also professed great sympathy for the distresses of the people , and yet when Mr . Ferrand proposed to give the people one million of their own

      money to : alleviate this distress ; Only . six could be found to vote with him . Well , the national petition signed by nearly three and a halif millions of men and women had been presented , and received with scorni contempt , laughter , and derision by the House of Commons , and when , on the iiext day , the most honest man in the House moved that the petitioners be heard at the bar by themselyeS , their counsel , or their agents , and though the moat affecting statements of the prevalent distress were laid : before the house by Mr , Duncombe , that motion was rejected by an OFerwhelmibg majority . Aud now our t > wn representatives , the Convention , had directed usf and the direction was wise and good , to remonstrate

      ¦ w ith the HouBe , and to memorialise the throne . He ( Mr . S . ) had little hopes from either , but it was a legal way of making their wants known , and he Waa glad therefore that the Convention had so directed . Mr . Smith then went on at considerable length in pointing out the cause which had ledto pur present unparalleled distress , remarking iu a severe , though humorous style Hponeome portions of our extravagant expenditure , observing that our rulers spent £ 9 , 000 , 000 annuallyinpeacejandfW . Oqo . OOOin teaching war : this proved that a redcoat was mere beneficial than asurplicejhesupposed because the red coats had arms in their hands , and the Government though ; if they did not get rather move than their fair share of the plums from the pudding , they might turn

      crusty emp ' oyers —( much lauichter . ) , Mr . S , then showed that the interests of tho middle and working classes were really identical , and made some well-merited strictures upon the folly practised during the passing of the Reform Bill agitation , contending that all men had a right to share in the exercise of political power , simply on fie ground of their being human beings . He successfully demolished the charge , that if the \ yorking men had power they would employ it in the destruction of property , by showing that , of all men , the working classes bad the most interest in its preservation , inasmuch as they produced it all . The working classes did not want stars , garters ^ and coronets : they would leave such

      baubles to those who cared for them ; they only asked for the means to labour , and a fair remuneration for their work . The speaker alluded to the objection that the working classes were ignorant , and that if they had .-political ; power , they w ° ! d not know how to use it , and said that was iike the old woman who told her grandson that he must go into the wator udtil he had learnt to swim . —( Cheers . ) Let them but once get the franchise , and praetico would sooa make them perfect . Mr . S . proceeded to make a few pertinent and feeling remarks on the death of poor Holberry , charging it as

      a legal murder upon the Government , and especially Upon theHomeSecretary . but for whose heartless crur elty Holberry might have nowbeenalive . He begged them to take a noble revenge for the death of the virtuous , by resolving that this country should be free . He alluded to the manner iu which the poors ' rights had been taken away , and to the union of the factions to ro-eiiact the accursed Poor Law ; and concluded by esorting to perseverande in unity and legal agitation , until victory browned their efforts . The reiolution was then put , and carried uhanfmously , a foreBt of hands being held up for it , followed by tremendous cheering .

      Mr . Dixon , of Holbeck , proposed the second resolution , a , s : follows : — ' ^ Tfaat this meeting cannot but view wifch feelings of indignation , the spirit which was displayed by the members of the House of Commons , in denying the prayer of the Great National Petition , expressing the will of 3 , 300 , 000 of the people of this countiy , praying for inquiry into the causes of the prevailing distress of our population , therefore , this meeting , in accordance with the advice of the late Convention of the industrious classes , adept the remonstrance to thut House on their illiberal and one-sided conduct relative to that petition . "

      Mr . Stansfield , of Wortley , seconded the resolution , and remarked that as it was admitted on all hands the national distress was great , so in his opinion nothing short of the national medicine was calculated to relievo it . They had that national niedicino in the Charter —( laughter and cheers)—and though it might cause some wry faces before it was fairly got down , yet bolt it they must , name and all , and the sooner they took it the sooner would the disease be stopped in its destroying career —( clheers . )' Mr . Cooper , of Manchester , supported the resolution in a speech of considerable length , taking for his theme the line of the poet , " Who would be free , themselves must strike the . ' blow . . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .- ¦• ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ;;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; : . - : ; : ¦¦ - - ¦ . ¦

      He showed what this blow must be—not such an one as would shed the blood of any man or any p ' arty ^ but struck by a united people in all their moral energy and dignity j a . people who had been taught their rights , and who were determined not to rest satisfied with any thing less than the full measure of the stature of the perfect man ; when slavery would be banished from the earth , and the whole people enabled to live in perfect peace and freedom , the many being no longer condemned to exist in misery and Btaryation , that the few might roll in wealth and luxury . He went , seriatim , through the objects contained in the remonstrance , commenting severely on the conduct of the House Of Commons , and from all these circumstances , drew the conclusion that— - . '' - ¦ ¦ "' - . ' ¦¦ ¦' •¦ - - " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ' ¦ - - ¦ " Who would be free themselves musst strike the blow /'

      Mr . Cooper then showed , in an admirable manner the aptitude of the People's Charter to promote the people ' s welfare , by the abolition of classlegislation , and the establishment of that freedom which they all desired . By Universal Suffrage alone could England bo made the pride of the , world , and not the admiration only of surrounding nations , but a ' blessing' to the whole human race . He next rer ferred to the policy pursued by ' . Feel , with regard to the Corn Laws , the Income Tax ( a tax which would fall ultimately exelusively on the working classes , and the tar iff j and contended that none of these would give justice to the working classes , who were still continued to be mocked by the offer of charity , and that charityj too , to be doled out through the medium of the churchjwhose bishops might with the greatest truth and clearness , adopt the lines of one of theirovvupoetic compositions : —

      " Whene ' er I take my walks abroad , How many poor I see ; What shall I render to my God , For all his gifts to me ? ; Not more than others 1 deserve , Yet God hath giv ' n me more •; ,- ' . ' For I have food , while others starve , Or beg from door to door . " These Bishops were also Members of the House of Peers , and if / they ' ; would go there and join with others in giving justice to the people , it would

      better become them than begging for charity . In conclusion , he called upon them to unite as one man —peacefully , firmly , constitutionally—to strike the poet ' s blow for their freedom , and to show the Commons' House that they were determined hot only to remonstrate against their unjust conduct , but to take every legal means of destroying its future influence . Mr * Cooper ' s remarks were listened to with great attention , and called forth loud and repeated plaudits . It was nearly dark before he had done speaking . :

      The resolution , like the former , was unanimously carried * amidst great cheering , Mr . Bbiggs moved the third resolution ' .:- * - ¦' . «'« That this meeting , being convinced of the utter hopelessness of receiving justice from the mis-named representatives of the people , as a last resource , we are determined to carry our complaints and wishes to the throne , hoping there is a possibility of bfting heaxd in that quarter ; and , therefore , we adopt the Memorial to her Majesty , beseeching her to listen to the earnest deBlrea of three millions and a half of her subjects upon the wretched condition of tbe industrious people of the country . " ; - 0 / .: . - ^ ¦;¦' ; : ' . - ' ^ - . : ^' - \ . ''¦ : ' Mr . Knowles , one of the churchwardens , seconded the resolution , which was briefly supported by Mr . Gamidoe , of Northampton , and unanimously cutied :- ' --: . ; ; : , ; - . ¦ v ^ :::-: ; '' : " .. '¦ ¦ .:- : ¦}¦ ¦¦ ¦ .-

      The memorial and remonstrance were theo ordered ; to be signed by the Chairman , on behalf Oi ° the meeting , and the former to be sent to Mr , Jos' « ph Hume , and the latter to the moat honest man in the House , Mr . Thomaa IJuncombe , for preBea ^ iion . '' -. ; - ' : ¦ ¦" ; - ¦ .: ' .. . '" - ' ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ - ., ¦ : > , ' ' . - . - ' : ¦ ¦ : ' : ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ . Thank > haying then been voted to the Chairman , and cheers' given for the Charterj and for Frost , Williams , a , nd Jones , the ineieting broke up at ten O ' clock-. ' - , ' ' - . ¦¦ ¦ - "¦ ' ' - . ' : •¦ .: '¦ ¦ :.- . ¦• - . ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ '

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      - Good , if Thde . —We are informed that , as , a man in Huntly , of Dunbeath , was draining , he f ound 401 bs . weight of gold , in chaing , bracelets , brooches , &c , the relics of feudal times . His better half went immediately to Edinburgh ; and sold it , and got £ 2 > lps , the oz . Tbiaia a real though a new profit armingfrorxi draining . —RossshireAdeeriUer . A pew daya since two silver shillings of Queea -Elizabeth ' s time were dug up at Carlisle . Death of a Misek . —His Whl ;—James Hay . wood , aged eighty years , who has always resided ui a small cottage , at Butler-Green , Chadderton , neat Oldham , and who was never married , died on the 10 th of May last ; and , altheugh he never followed any other trade or occupation than that of a cotton

      hand-loom weaver , he has left property to the amount of nearly £ 2 , 000 . Upwarda of £ 600 is in money , out at interest ; the rest is freehold property . For upwards of forty years past he has only had one pair of dogs , and one suit of clothes . A few weeks previous to his death , he requeued that his oH cloga and olothmg might be put into his cofliQ and interred with hio ) i which has been done . He made hia will in 1837 , and appointed two old women , nearly eighty years of age each , and a man , upwards of forty years of age , as his execators . He has ordered £ 20 per annum to be expfended in calico , clogs , and stockings , to be given to children from two to twelve vears of

      age , of the name of Hay wood , who reside in the township of Chadderton . One of the old women , whois appointed as principal executrix , has fesidea with him upwards of twenty-seven yearB ; she was never married , and is to have 3 s . per week and a cottage , during her life . The rest of the property ia to be put out to interest for 121 years , and then to be given to the next heir then alivo , and in case there are no relations at that time , the interest of the money is to be expended annually in calico , clop , und stockings , and to be given to all old maids and bachelors who are upwards of 60 years each , aud residents in Chadu ' erton . —LiverpoolMercitry .

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      Leeds Corn Market , July 5 . —The : supplies of all kinds of Grain to this day's market , are smaller than last week . There continues a fair demand foe fine fresh Wheat * at ah advance of Is per quarter , but no improvement in other descriptions ; the inferior very difBcult to quit . Oats and Beans very little alteration ; the weatner continues shqwry . THE AVfifiAGE PBrCES OF WHEAT FOiS THE WEEK ENDING JULY 5 , 1842 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas , Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qra . Qrs . Qrs , 5256 14 733 — 170 : II £ 8 . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d ; £ s . d . 3 5 6 1 9 8 1 4 , OJ 000 : 1 15 9 1 15 10 ?

      Leeds Woollen Markets . —The state of th ? markets this week is det > cribed to have been worse than they have ever been known before , and that is going far enough certainly . We believe , however , that never within the recollection of any of tha regular attendants at the Cloth Halls , was so small a quantity of goods known to leave those places S 3 en Tuesday last . HuBDaBSFiEtD Market , July 5 . — -The business at the Cloth Hall continues of the same dead character as it has been for some weeks past . The amount of business was about the same as last . The sales were chiefly confined to heavy goods ; very little inquiry was made for flue goods . The trade still continues in a melancholy state . :

      YobkCokn Market , July 2 . —We have very little Wheat offering to-day , and the stocks of this Grain in the hands of the farmers is now reduced to a ^ mere trifle . Fresh ; samples are in good demand , and the full prices of last week readily paid . Oat 3 and Beans unaltered in value ; Barley nominal . We had very stormy weather on Sunday and Monday last—and in exposed situations the crops of Wheat are partially injured—had they been in full bloom , the effect would have been serious . ¦ SKiprosr Cattle Market , July 4 , —Our supply of fat Beasts was not large , that of Sheep and Lambs very good . There being no want of customer ? , the market was brisk , and nearly all sold at from 6 d . to 6 id perlb .

      State of Trade . —There was little change in the market yeaterday . With the exception of the yarns of well-known spinners , suitable for the Russiau market , which were rather more inquired for , there was no improvement either in demand or in prices . At the same time , thero did hot appear to be so much depression of feeling amongst the manufacturers as was manifested last week . The mercantile letters from the East Indies were considered decidedly encouraging ; inasmuch as , instead of a commercial convulsion at Calcutta , they bring accounts of a fair and steady business .- ^ iyawifej ^ r Guardian of Wednesday . ;

      Malton Corn : M ahket , July 2 . —The supply of Wheat offered to this day's market was rather large for the season ; of Oats the supply was good . Wheat , except fresh samplesof red , dull of Eale , and white Wheat lower , Oats without alteration Wheat , white , 68 i . to 78 s . per qr . of 40 stones Ditto , red , 62 s . to 72 s . per ( lo . Barley nominal . Oats lid . to I 2 . d . per stone . : . " : Richmond , July , 2 .--We had a fair supply of Grain in our market to-day ^ Wheat , sold from 6 s , 6 d . to 10 s , ; Oats , 3 s . to 4 s . ; Barley , 43 , 3 d . to 4 s . 6 d . ; Beans , 5 s . to 5 s . fid , per bushel .

      Newcastle Corn Market , July 3 . —The supply of Wheat at market this morning from the country was very moderate , and we are altogether without arrivals ' from the coast . ; The finer qualities of both white and red were readily bought up at an advance of Is . to 2 s . per quarter , while > 11 other descriptions brought fully the terms of this day se ' nnight . Free foreign Wheatj of which the quantity here now is exceedingly limited , met a steady sale at Is . per qr . advance . In bonded no transactions have taken place . Rye is again a dull aale . Barley fully maintains its value . Malt is in more request , with a tendency to advance . In Beans and Peas there is little doing . We had a very Bhort supply of Oats to-day , and all descriptions must be noted 6 d . to Is . per quarter dearer . Flour keeps in plentiful supply , and we can note no improvement in the sale .

      London , Mark-lane , July 4 . — -There was only a moderate supply of Wheat from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk this morning , with a very limited quantity of Barley , Beans , and Peas , from all these counties , and the fresh - arrivals of Oats were to a trifling extent from distant ports of our own coast , as well as Scotland and Ireland . v ' - ' -The- importations of foreign grain since this day weak have not been large , ¦' .. : . ; ' :- - . ' . ¦ - . ::- ¦¦' - ' / '¦¦" ¦[¦ ' . :: . ¦ ; ' : : -: ' : Liverpool Cattle Mu&xe ? , Monday , Svir 4 . — There has been a larger supply of Beasts at market to-day than last week , but the greatest portion being of second-rate quality . Prices much the same as last week . Beef 6 dto 7 d , Sheep 5 d to 6 jtdj Lamb 6 d to 7 d . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts 635 ,: Sheep and Lambs 9630 . ¦>• ¦

      Manchester Corn Market , Satusday , July 2 . —With a continuance of seasonable weather , togetherwith reports of a most favourable description from the agricultural districts relative to the progress towards maturity of the crops , our trade is free froin excitement , as the stocks of prime freshV English Flour are light , and the supplies barely keep paoa with the demaHd for consumption : sales of this article are , consequently , made as it comes forward , and previous rates readily obtained . The inquiry for Oatmeal was quite on a retail scale , with a tendency to lower prices . At our market this mprning , the transactions in every article were on a most limited scale ^ and with reference only to the immediate demand for consumption , without change in quotations . > ^ : .

      Liverpool Corn Market , Mokday , July 4 . — Of Grain , Flour and Oatmeal , coastwise and from Ireland , our arrivals since this day se ' nnight are of moderate amount ; but from foreign ports there are reported upwards of 18 , 015 qis . of Wheat , and 2 , 700 qrs . of Beans ; and from Canada the receipts consist of 375 qrs . of Wheat , 500 qrs . of Peas , and 11 ^ 42 barrels of Flour . Another step downwards has placed the duty on Wneat at 9 a . per qr ., that on Flour at 5 s . 5 d . per barrel ; the rates on other arti-r cles , with the exception of Canadian Peas , w hich are admissible at Is . 6 d . per qr . remaining as stated last week . At Tuesday ' s market a fair amount of business was transacted -in '' -free Wheat at the full

      quotations of that day se ' nnight , but the demand since has again been on a limited scale , and yesterday the salesj duty paid , were generally at a dechne equiyaleht to the fall of Is . on tiie duty . Flour , too , was sold on rather easier terms ; a parcel o ' Canadian at . 333 . 6 d . ; United States at 34 s . 6 d . t »; 35 s . 6 d . per barrel . In Oats and Oatmeal we hav * very little passing , and both articles are cheaper , the former by Id . per bushel , the latter by 6 d . to 'Is per load . Barley , Beans , and Peas / each easier to buy , and in slow request . A parcel or two of tne better qualities Of foreign Wheat have changea hands in bond at 7 s . 3 d . to 7 s . 6 d . por 70 lbs . ; and one or two of United States Flour ( . Western CanaO at 28 s . 9 d . per barrel , :

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      Mason's defence fund : — £ . b . d . S . Cook , BILslon 0 17 Oh Stafford 0 1 2 Sutton-in-Ashfield ... ... 0 1 0 Gloucester-street , Coaimercialroad , London ... ... 0 0 2 Covemry ... ... ... 0 15 9 King- street . Long Acre , Maryiebone ... ... — 0 10 0 Ketterisg ... ... ... 0 5 0 Wal ^ ail ' 0 10 0 DL-Jiey 0 19 C ; s-ley 0 5 0 DarieAon 0 10 ? lr Mason , per Mr . Cleave ... 0 15 0 Birmm ^ h am ... ... 1 8 9 £ 6 0 7 J

      CuirviiST Eeverage . —The proceeds due to the Es ^ c-tive from the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrrei'd Chartist Beverage—from tha 18 ih to the 25 : h of June : — £ s d . Mr . Joshua Hobscn , Northern Star Omce , wholsale Agent for Yorkshire — 14 2 Mr . Jam--S hioch , Mancaester wholesale Aseal ft > r Lancashire ... ... 0 18 0 Ur . John Walker , jun . K ; ng-st ., Park , Stockport , Cht > hire 0 1 G Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 0 1 G

      Mrs . Smith , ditto 0 1 G Mr- Crowtn-er , Charlestown ... ... 0 1 0 " Mr . Yates , Hanicy , Staffordahira Pottfri&s ... .- 0 6 0 Mr . Viekers , Belper 0 3 0 . Mr . G . Julian Harney , Shefield ... 0 3 0 Mr . HibbarJ , Maiisncld 0 16 Mr . Caner , London ... 0 3 0 Mr . Sio . rk . ey , Stoke , Staffordshire ... 0 16 Mr . Moon , S : aff-, rd 0 16 Mr . Furncval , Bury 0 16 Mr . Rob : ason , Deroy 0 . 0 9 National Charter Association , Hull ... 030 Mx . Thoii ^ s , Stockport , Chuthire ... 0 1 6 £ 3 14 5

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      CLITHEKOE . GBAND DEMONSTRATION AND PROCESSION IN HONOUR OF F . O'CONNOR , ESQ . Tho Whigs and Tories of this parson-ridden borough have of late been very much discomfifcted at tha tho appearance of largo placards stating that F . O'Gonnor , Esq . was about to honour us with a visit . ¦ ' ; . ' . . •¦ : ' ¦ : ' .. '¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ - - . ' : "¦ . ' A large number of brave men and true assembled on Wednesday last , at tho Commercial Inn , with

      two bands of music and flags and banners , and arartod in prcessiou to Whailfly , where thay met Mr . O'Connor , and returned in procession to Clithcroc . The numbers kept increasiug thrcughout tli . o-whole route , every one seeming anxious to get a glimpse of the man of the people ' s choice ; When they arrived in Clithcroe there could not be less than 10 , 000 people in the procession . After parading the principal streets of the town they rcturnod to the Bowlintj-green , where ;

      Mr . B £ ESLEV , in an animated strain , addressed the assembled thousands ' ^ on the present widei spreading distress , and proved to the satisfaction of all present that it sprung from that upas-tree of corruption class legislation . '• ¦ ; , ..-Mr . O'Connor was then called on to address ' them , and , in a powerful and convvnoing manner entered into a dissivtatiott of the measures brought forward and passed by the Whig Government , and made a very humoujous comparison of the poor woman ^ and the lady , to the great pretensions to patriotism by Russell i Palmerston , Norinauby , &c . &c . and

      concluded an eloqneiit speech by exhorting the people to stand firm by their own organization , to avoid jealousies and disunion , and not to be divided by any designing demagogue ; but to shew by their unity , firmness , and determination , that they would never sit down with any thing short of their national regeneration . He retired amidBt loud cheers . Three cheers were then given for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and three for Feargus O'Connor , when the meeting adjourned . A good substantial dinner was served at Mr . Allen ' s the Commercial Inn , which did infinite credit to mine host . After the

      cloth was drawn it was thought proper to adjourn to the large room , at the Swan Inn , where Mr , O'Connor and Mr . Beesley addressed the assemblage . Long before tho hour appointad the room was crowded to excess ; Mr , John Pollard , of Sabden , was elected to the chair . When Mr . O'Connor pre sented himself ho was hailed with three cheers . Mr . Beeslet addressed tho meeting at great length iu his usual impassioned manner , which went home to the hearts of all present . Mr . O'Connor then rbso , aud for an hour and a

      half , in a strain of impassioned eloquence , vyent into a clever refutation of free trado nostrums , made good the position of every act of the Chartists , illustrated the progress of Chartism , went into a lucid -explanation of the army , and the navy , law-made church , tho national debt , pension list , and many othei'grievances which afllict this unhappy nation ; and through his co-jyincing , talented , and patriotic lecture , won the esteem of all who heard him . He was only iaterrnpted by tho hearty plaudits of the enthusiastic assembly .

      At the dose of the lecture an affectionate and well-written address was presented to him . Mr . O ' Connor replied , and said that the address he had just received breathed the spirit that he had agitated for , had written for , and had been imprisoned for . It was of itself a sufficiency for his bygone perseverance , and a retaining fee for hia future labours and services . He thanked them cordially for the manner in which they had received him that , da y * Three cheers were then given for him , and the immense assembly separated . [ We did not receive this report until Friday morning , at which time the Star was completely full : ' we have thereforo been under the necessity of leaving out the address presented to Mr . O'Connor , a copy of which was furnished to us . ]

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      LEEDS . PUBLIC MEETING TO MEMORIALIZE THE QUEEN , AND ADOPT THE NATIONAL REMONSTRANCE . On Monday evening , the largest public meeting which has been held in this town for some time took place in the Vicar's Croft , called by placard , to make knowu thoir opinions on the present distress , to memorialize the Queen , and to adopt the remonsirarice to the House of Commons , as drawn np by the late Convention . There could not b < f fewer than from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 persons present , amongst whom were a very large number of the middle classes .

      Soon after seven o ' clockj Mr . SquiRK Farbar was called to the chair , and , having very briefly opened the business , and read the placard by whioh the meeting had been convened , called upon Mr . Fraser , who , in a speech of great length and power , moved the first reEolution , which he read as follows : — ¦ '; ' i ' That this meeting views with extreme regret the impoveriahed Condition of the working classes of this country , and the lamentable decay of hade amongst the middle class tradesmen , without any prospect of permanent telisf for the one party , or increased business for the other ; and ¦ W&H& w ^ trace this unprecedented distress to unjust oppressive monopolies , that have

      originated from , and been perpetuated by , Class Legislation , sve have never seen propounded any scheme , nor can we devise any method likely to improve : the evils that afflict society , as soon , and aa efficiently , as procuring for tho mass of the people of Britain political power ,: whereby they might uproot . oppressJon , annihilate selfish monopolies ; and make an end of Party Legislation . Therefore , vie maintain , to accomplish this , a full , fair representation of tha people is necessary , and for that purpose we demand , as an act of justice , that the representative servants of the people place the " People ' s Charter , " entire , ( as it now stands before the world , ) upon the statute book of Great Britain , as one of the laws of this land . "

      Having submitted the resolution , Mr . Frazar proceeded to amplify its statements , in doing which he drew a fearful picture of the evils which . had been entailed on tho country by the united ; misrule of both Whigs and Tories , neither of whom had the interests of the working classes at heart , the latter not possessing the means of working out their ovvii ppliticarpower , or of carrviug into effect any extensive political improvement , because the factiona were determined to legislate only for themselves ; From this cause did tho country furnish at the present time one of the most : frightful anomalies which it was possible to contemplate , wealth abounding on one hand but misery

      and wretohedhess greatly preponderating oh tha other . He was happy to see so large an assemblage of working men met to protest against suon a state of things , and he was also glad that those facts had begun to speak loudly to the shopkeeping olass , who had at last discovered ia their empty shops aud blank ledgers , that when the working people were deprived of the means of earning their bread , the middle class must soon follow in their wake . While dwelling on the means by whioh this state of things wa * to bo uprooted , he exhorted all

      who heard him not to suffer themselves to be entrapped into any Tiolenbe of language or xeyoltitionary outbreak , but to proceed peacefully onwards in their moral might agitating , by all peeiceful means , for their inalienable rights , and not . being led away by any harangues which mlghfc be addreesed to them by in > terested partiep , to commit any breach of the peace . The speaker delivered some well-direeted hits at the Corn Law League , and then went on to show the advantages which must accrue to the people by the breaking up of the monopoly of the fond ; he con-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct896/page/8/